Kaarlo Heiskanen

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Kaarlo Heiskanen

Kaarlo Aleksanteri (Aleksander) Heiskanen (28 October 1894 in Joroinen – 6 November 1962 in Hämeenlinna) was a Finnish general and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1953 and 1959.

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The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence (in Finnish)

v t e The Finnish Chief of Defence
C. G. E. Mannerheim (1918) K. F. Wilkama (1918) W. A. Thesleff (1918) Rudolf Walden (1918) K. F. Wilkama (1919) K. E. Kivekäs (1919) K. F. Wilkama (1919–1924) V. P. Nenonen (1924–1925) Lauri Malmberg (1925) K. F. Wilkama (1925–1926) Aarne Sihvo (1926–1933) Hugo Österman (1933–1939) C. G. E. Mannerheim (1939–1945) Erik Heinrichs (1945) Jarl Lundqvist (1945–1946) Aarne Sihvo (1946–1953) Kaarlo Heiskanen (1953–1959) Sakari Simelius (1959–1965) Yrjö Keinonen (1965–1969) Kaarlo Leinonen (1969–1974) Lauri Sutela (1974–1983) Jaakko Valtanen (1983–1990) Jan Klenberg (1990–1994) Gustav Hägglund (1994–2001) Juhani Kaskeala (2001–2009) Ari Puheloinen (2009–2014) Jarmo Lindberg (2014–2019) Timo Kivinen (2019–2024) Janne Jaakkola (2024–)

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